R.K. PACHUAURI/ UN SCORED GRANTS FOR SILLY SCIENCE

EDITOR’S CHOICE: Matt Patterson in the September 2 New York Post writes: “If this keeps up, no one's going to trust any scientists. The global-warming establishment took a body blow this week, as the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change received a stunning rebuke from a top-notch independent investigation.”

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EDITOR’S CHOICE: John Cloud in TIME, August 30, writes “One of the most contentious issues in the vast literature about alcohol consumption has been the consistent finding that those who don't drink actually tend to die sooner than those who do.... Abstaining from alcohol does actually tend to increase one's risk of dying even when you exclude former drinkers. The most shocking part? Abstainers' mortality rates are higher than those of heavy drinkers."

Tisbury Great Pond in headier days

EDITOR’S CHOICE: Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa write in the August 20, 2010 Boston Herald  “Welcome to Martha’s Vineyard, Mr. President - but don’t go in the water! President Obama, who took a plunge in the Gulf last week to show Americans it was safe to swim the oil spill-plagued area, arrived on this supposedly pristine island yesterday in the midst of a rash of bacteria-induced beach closings.”

Perch Pond in better days

EDITOR’S CHOICE:  Katie Zezima in the August 17 New York Times writes: “Rising nitrogen levels are suffocating the vegetation and marine life in saltwater ponds and estuaries on Cape Cod, creating an environmental and infrastructure problem that, if left unchecked, will threaten the shellfishing industry, the tourist economy and the beaches that lure so many summer visitors.”

1909 FORD MODEL R

SNAPSHOT: THE YEAR IS 1910.  This will boggle your mind, I know it did OURS! One hundred years ago. What a difference a century makes!

Here are some statistics for the Year 1910:

Gulf birds soar again/Mariacat.worldpress.com

BP Officials say the Deepwater Horizon well is close to being permanently capped. When this actually happens it will be despite the counterproductive roles played in the spill crisis by a plodding federal government and the Obama administration. Cleanup efforts all along the way were stymied by bureaucratic turf battles, organizational infighting, unnecessary federal permitting delays, and massive paper work. Operations had to be coordinated through five layers of approval and command before responders could be dispatched to the scene.

By Bill Rife

HEAT WAVE, SICHUAN PROVINCE , CHINA/REUTERS STINGER

EDITOR'S CHOICE: Anybody in Hollywood or New York want to move to China? We will pay their way if they promise to swim a lot, and never to return to the US.

2011 Chevrolet Volt/Chevroletvolt.com

EDITOR’S CHOICE:  By Peter Whoriskey, The Washington Post, Wednesday, July 28, 2010; The long-anticipated Chevrolet Volt, General Motors' electric car, will cost $41,000, the company announced Tuesday, leaving consumers to decide whether its environmental appeal is worth a price far above that of similarly sized conventional autos.

SNAPSHOT: Rocky Mountain High. Believe it or not, this photo was taken on Lake Dillon in Frisco, Colorado at 9,042 feet on July 24th. Rumor is that Capt. Nemo won the wooden-boat roll out. He was last seen heading for Dodge City. That’s Chester in the back. Miss Kitty was staying out of the sun.

Courtesy/Samuelgilgal Worldpress.com

EDITORS’S CHOICE: By Neil Reynolds in The Globe and Mail, July 19,  2010. “Stanford University physicist Robert Laughlin says governments – and people generally – should proceed with more humility in dealing with climate change. The Earth, he says, is very old and has suffered grievously: volcanic explosions, floods, meteor impacts, mountain formation “and all manner of other abuses greater than anything people could inflict.” Yet, the Earth is still here. ‘It’s a survivor.’”